Mounting for brake gears



Nov; 23', 1926.

7 s. .1. STRID MOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS Filed April 9, 1926 WW W 5 VEN c/u; #15 5mm substantially the manner Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECEL SVEN JULIUS STRID, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOI ASSIGNGE TO FRED MATHEWS, OF

CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

MOUNTING FOR BRAKE Application filed April 9,

My present invention relates to brake gears for railway cars, and it has particular reference to means for installing the gearing on a car at the end of the latter so that the gearing and housing will be securely connected to the underframing or other car structure and braced against the pull incident to the application of the brakes.

In the structure illustrated herein the endof the car is formed of a sheet metal stamping that provides an irregular shape-d end member or sill, and the same is reinforced by means of an angle bar or beam that is secured at its forward end to the end sill structure and extends obliquely therefrom and is connected at its opposite end to another portion of the car or underframe. The gear-housing is secured to the lower portion of the car end member and in order to brace the housing, on account of the fact that it is in a plane below the horizontal plane of the angle brace, I interpose between the inner end portion of the housing and said brace a vertically disposed channel member to which the respective parts are secured. This provides quite a rigid structure and permits the gearing to be readily assembled at the desired location,it is also cheap in construction and requires little or no additional labor in mounting the gearing.

I prefer to carry out my invention and to accomplish'the divers objects thereof in hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being made to the accompanying drawings that form a part of this specification.

In the drawings: 1

Figure 1, is a top plan of a portion of the end of a railway car and showing my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2, is a longitudinal side elevation of the structure that is'illustrated in Figure 1, the end member or sill being in vertical transverse section.

The drawings are more or less diagrammatic for the purpose of illustrating the principles of my invention carried out in apreferred or typical manner, and in said drawings similar reference characters are employed to designate the same parts where- 7 ever they appear throughout the several views.

In the structure illustrated, the end member of the car un-derframe instead of being 1926. Serial No. 160,888.

the usual rolled metal beam of commercial form is a sheet metal stamping of somewhat channel shape with a vertical web 5 having a longitudinally disposed lateral or horizontal flange 6 extending inwardly of the car along its lower edge,

and from the upper edge of this web 5 there is another horizontal longitudinal flange 7, that is wider than the lower flange and has an upstanding member 8 along its inner longitudinal edge. The upper flange 7 affords a small platform or foot rest for the brakeman as well as a bearing for the brake operating mast 9 that passes therethrough, and the upstandlng member 8 provides means to which the lower'edges of the wall or car-body sheets may be secured. An

angle-metal reinforcing or bracing beam 10 is riveted or otherwise secured at its forward end to the upper flange 7 of the end menr ber of the car and extends obliquely there from towards the side of the car.

This

beam is preferably disposed with its hori zontal flange underneath the upper flange 7 of the car end member and with its vertical flange pendent and provides a dependable reinforcement and brace to take up the shocks and stress incident to the trafic as well asthe pull on the end of the car incident to the application of the hand brake.

The" gearing for the hand brake, which is operatively connected with the lower end of mast 9, of course, may be of any desired type and herein I have schematically illustrated a gearing of well-known construction; This gearing is mounted within a housing consisting of top and bottom castings, the

latter comprising a horizontally disposed plate 11 with upstanding side members 12 that are secured to correspondingly spaced side members 18 depending from a substantially rectangular shaped top-plate 14. The

top-plate 14 is riveted or otherwise secured gear-housing channel bar -I do this by riveting a short 15 to the depending flange of iii) the oblique brace bar 10 and position said channel bar so that its lower portion extends to adjacent the inner end of the gear-housing. At its lower end the channel bar has its lateral flanges removed and the web that remains is bent at a right-angle to the remaining portion to provide a lateral lug 16 that is bolted or otherwise secured to the adjacent end portion of the top plate 14; of the housing. The pull on the brake operating chain has a tendency to tilt or deflect the inner portion of the top plate in an upward direction but with the structure herein disclosed this tilt or deflection is successfully prevented. As seen in the drawings the upper portion of channel-bar web is disposed against the inner face of the depending flange of the oblique brace 10 wi h its upper end contiguous the underneath surface of the horizontal. flange of said brace so that any tendency of the upward pu. 1 on the channel bar 15, which might shear the rivets, will cause the upper end of the channel bar 15 to engage with the horizontal flange of the angular brace bar and prevent damage or distortion. Also it will be noted the lateral lug 16 of the channel bar is disposed on top of the upper plate I l of the housing so that the upward tilt of the housing will be prevented in the event of the loosening of the rivet that secured the top plate to the lug 16. In order to further reinforce the structure against the horizontal pull incident to the application of the brakes, an upstanding stop 17 is provided that is secured by rivets or otherwise to the outer face of the vertical web 5 of the car end member, and said stop may be formed either integrally with the top plate 14 or may be a separate piece suitably secured to the adjacent outer end of the plate.

From the foregoing it will be seen I have provided a dependable and rigid mounting for the brake operating gear ofa railway car, and it will be obvious that parts of the structure may be suitably modified to adapt the mounting to types of car construction other than that specifically shown herein. Such changes it will be understood are fully contemplated as coming within the scope of my invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What I claim as new is 1. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end member, an angle beam connected to said member and extended there from inwardly of the car, a gear-housing secured to said end-member and extended inwardly of the car in vertically spaced rela tion to said beam, and means for bracing the inner portion of said housing against said beam. 7

2. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end-member, an angle beam connected to said member and eXtended therefrom inwardly of the car, a gear-housing secured to said end-member and inwardly of the car in vertically spaced relation to said beam, and transverse angle bar extending between and connected to inner portions of said beam and housing.

3. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end member, an angle beam connected to an intermediate portion of said end-member and extended obliquely thereto towards the side of the car, a gear housing secured to said end-111cm: er adjacent the point of connection with said beam and (3H- tended inwardly of th car in vertically spaced relation to said beam, and means for bracing the inner portion of said housing against said beam.

4:. A mounting for brake-g s comprisa car end-inen'ibcr, an angle beam connected at one end to an upper portion of said end-member extended inwardly of the car, a gear-housing secured to a lower portion of said end-member and extended inwardly of the c and means connected to an inner portion of said housing and e:;-

tended to said beam whereby to brace said housing against said beam.

5. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end-member, an angle beam connected one end of an upper portion of said end-member and extended obliquely inwardly therefrom towards the side of the car, a gear-housing secured to a lower portion. of said end-member and extended inwardly of the car in a horizontal plane below and spaced from said beam, and a vertically disposed angle bar connected at its lower end to an inner portion of said housing and extended to and secured to an intermediate portion of said beam.

6. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end-member consisting of a transversely disposed vertical plate with the upper and lower portions provided with lateral inwardly extended flanges, an angle beam connected at one end to the upper flange of said end-member and extended in wardly of the car, a gear-housing secured to the lower flange of said end-member and extended inwardly of the car past said flange. and means connecting the inner portion of said housing to said angle beam whereby to brace said housing against said beam.

7. A mounting for brake-gears comprisinga car end-member, a brace extending from said member inwardly of the car, a gear-housing connected to said end-member and having its inner portion spaced vertically from said brace, and-a vertically disposed angle-metal bar connected at one end to said brace and having a lateral lug at its oposite end secured to said housing.

8. The combination with a car end-memher and brace therefor, and a gear-housing secured to said member in spaced relation i said brace, of a vertically to said brace, of a vertically disposed channel metal beam one end of which is connected to an intermediate portion of said brace and the other end of which has a lateral lug that is secured to said housing.

9. The combination with. a car end-member and brace therefor, and a gearhousing secured to said member and spaced from disposed channel metal beam the upper portion o the web of which is connected to a flange of said brace and the lower end of the web of said beam being laterally bent and secured to said housing.

10. In means for mounting a brake-gear a horizontal ear member, a gear housing spaced therefrom and a vertically disposed channel beam connected at one end to said ear member and the opposite end portion of which has its flanges cut-away and the adjacent portion of the web bent laterally to provide means for anchoring the gear-housing thereto.

11. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end-member having vertical and horizontal portions, a gear-housing, having vertical and horizontal portions that are engaged with and connected to the corresponding portion of said end-member, a beam connected to said end-member and extended inwardly of the car in vertically spaced relation to said housing, and means extending between said housing and beam for bracing the inner portion of the former against the latter.

12. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end-member having vertical and horizontal portions, a gear-housing including a horizontal plate and a lateral lug projecting therefrom, said lug engaged with and secured to a vertical portion of said endmember, a beam spaced from said housing plate and connected at one end to said endmember and extended inwardly of the car, and an angle-metal brace extending between said housing plate and said beam whereby to brace the inner end of the former against the latter.

13. A mounting for brake-gears comprising a car end-member having, vertical and horizontal portions, a gear-housing including a horizontal plate and a lateral lug projecting therefrom, said lug engaged with and secured to corresponding portions of said end-member, an upright brace secured to the inner portion of said plate, and means secure'd to the end-member and extended inwardly of the car above said plate to which said brace is connected.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this first day of April, 1926.

SVEN JULIUS STRID. 

